Palestine (1863)

A whole plate negative. A distant port side view, taken from ahead of the beam, of the 3 masted barque rigged vessel Palestine (1863) at moorings in Gravesend Reach, River Thames. She is rigged with double topsails, single topgallants, royals and skysails on her fore and main masts. A clinker built, lug sailed boat is alongside amidships. East Tilbury Marshes are in the background. NB: This is not the barque that Joseph Conrad signed on in April 1881. That Palestine was built at Sunderland in 1857)

Object Details

ID: G2307
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: F. C. Gould & Son
Vessels: Palestine (1863)
Date made: 14 April 1871
People: Tindall, W. H.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Gould Collection
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